Health Matters Vol. 4 Issue 1 Spring 2008 Item Type Report Authors Health Service Executive (HSE) Rights Health Service Executive Ireland Download date 30/09/2021 21:58:05 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10147/45763 Find this and similar works at - http://www.lenus.ie/hse New Hygiene Vaccine Delivery HfH Premiers in Campaign Success Crumlin Patients to question staff New system saves money and Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin on hand washing improves safety launches HfH Programme p9 p15 p18 KdajbZ ) >hhjZ& Heg^c\ '%%- =ZVai]NationalbViiZgh Staff Newsletter of the Health Service Executive Integrated System Can Deliver Better Services for Patients Time 4 Us Parents in Galway enjoy more recent review of how public With this approach, health services > Increases in the number of day inpatients could be treated in an quality time with children hospitals admit, treat and (within and between hospital and cases (the average in Ireland is 12 alternative to an acute hospital). p 24 A discharge patients has found community) are connected together per cent below the OECD average); The review highlights that these that patients would spend less time in seamlessly, delays between services > More discharge planning (currently practices are already working well hospital, and receive a better service, if are reduced and patients receive a no discharge date is planned for 83 in a number of Irish hospitals and all public hospitals adopted practices better service. per cent of patients); introducing them to all public hospitals that are the norm in other advanced The review recommends: > Bringing patients into hospital on the could be done relatively quickly. health systems > Reductions in the avera ge length day of their surgery, rather than 1-3 The Acute Hospital Capacity Bed The Acute Hospital Bed Capacity of time people stay in hospital days earlier. Review Report can be accessed in full Review recommends that Ireland (excessively long stays currently use > Treating patients in more appropriate on the HSE website and Intranet. develops an Integrated Health System. 900 acute inpatient beds); settings (currently 39 per cent of See pages 16 & 17 for more New Group Homes New Cavan CT for People with Disabilities Scanner rookevale and Millbrooke House are two new group homes for people Latest technology for Cavan with disabilities that have been built in the Monaghan area. The homes Hospital B provide high standard residential accommodation to 15 people in a p25 beautiful, quiet and private rural type setting less than a mile from Monaghan town. It is hoped that the homes will further enhance the level of service provision for people with disabilities in the area and have an enormous positive impact on the lives of adults and children with a disability in the area, in addition to the lives of their families. The HSE part-funded the capital costs of both projects, including furnishings and fit-out, in addition to the funding for the staffing and running of these group homes and the day to day operational management of these services. The development also involved the Monaghan Parents & Friends Association and the Monaghan County Council, who both worked together with the HSE. Offical Opening: New Ark School Catering for the educational needs of children in hospital p 28 Martina Murphy (right), a Delivery Ward Nurse at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, writes a prescription for Siobhan Maguire, from Walkinstown, who gave birth in February to baby Eamonn (8lb 12ozs). The hospital recently became the first to introduce prescribing by nurses and (L to R): President Mary McAleese, Martin McAleese, Dan Rogan and Cait McKenna, midwives (see full story on p6) Monaghan Parents and Friends Association Easy Access - Public Confidence - Staff Pride =ZVai]bViiZgh BZhhV\Z [gdbi]Z :Y^idg Welcome to the Spring edition of Health Matters. In this issue, we report on the advantages of an Integrated Health System model. The benefits of having health services in the hospitals and in the community seamlessly connected are great, and many are now convinced that an integrated approach to patient care is the way forward. We also highlight the fact that the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street, Dublin, has become the first hospital in this country to introduce prescribing by Nurses and Midwives. The first ever Registered Nurse Prescribers (RNP) commenced this new practice at the hospital in January - a Families and friends greet the exhausted but exhilarated expedition team on their arrival home at Cork airport truly important development which will be of great benefit to patients. Look out for a new national public awareness campaign about cocaine, launched in February by the HSE and the Department of Community Consultant Conquers Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. The campaign, called ‘The Party’s Over’, aims to dispel the myths around cocaine and cocaine use (see our story on page 3). Congratulations to Irish adventurer Dr Clare O’Leary, and colleagues, who made history recently South Pole after reaching the southern tip of the earth’s axis after a gruelling 1,100km trek across Antarctica (full r Clare O’Leary, a consultant expedition was the length of it,” she story on this page). Dr O’Leary has now returned to gastro-enterologist at South said. “We had 58 days where we were her job as a consultant gastro-enterologist at South D Tipperary General Hospital, skiing for 11 or 12 hours a day, and Tipperary General Hospital. We are all very proud of recently returned to work just weeks that was tough going in the freezing her outstanding achievement. after becoming the first Irish woman conditions.” We are continuing to analyse and assess to reach the South Pole. The Hospital Manager at South (L to R) : Pat Falvey, Jonathan Bradshaw, Shaun Menzies the returns from our Communications Survey Dr O’Leary, who hails from Bandon Tipperary General Hospital, Breda and Dr Clare O’Leary who reached the southern tip of the (Health Matters Winter 2007). We hope to soon in Co Cork, was part of a team of Kavanagh, paid tribute to Dr O’ earth’s axis in January this year be in a position to put forward proposals for the four led by businessman, Pat Falvey. Leary: “We are very proud of Dr O’ development of Communications so that it can The group set off on November 8 Leary’s achievements. Along with better assist the HSE and its staff to achieve our last and arrived at the South Pole being the first Irish woman to reach objectives. More on this in future editions of Health two months later, having trekked the South Pole, she was also the first Matters. 1,140kms across Antartica, hauling Irish woman to reach the summit of Activity There is plenty of news from each of the four HSE 150kg sleds through icy winds, sub- Mount Everest in 2004 and the first areas to keep you up-to-date on developments zero temperatures and snowstorms. Irish woman to complete the summits Doubles on in various parts of the country. As always, The expedition, which honoured Irish of the world’s seven peaks. We are your comments, suggestions and ideas are Antartic explorers, the renowned not surprised by her most recent welcome. Contributions can be sent by email to: Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean, accomplishment. Dr O’Leary excels at HSEnet [email protected] The copy deadline for the was successfully completed with everything she does, but manages her next edition is 30 April. the safe arrival home of the team on achievements in a very low-key and Activity on HSEnet, the new national Intranet site for January 17. gentle manner. For this reason, she HSE staff, more than doubled between the end of On her return to work, Dr O’Leary is a very popular member of our staff. December 2007 and the end of January 2008. thanked staff for their messages of We salute her.” The new site is being promoted via twice weekly support. She said that, without the Staff at Cork University Hospital, email alerts advising staff of the latest news being encouragement and support of her where Dr O’Leary previously posted. family and friends, she would not worked, are equally proud of her If you are a staff member with access to a PC at Stephen McGrath – Editor have had the strength to achieve her achievements and extend their work, all you need to do to access the new Intranet is Head of Internal Communications goal. “The most difficult part of the heartiest congratulations. to click on the following web link while at work: Email: [email protected] http://hsenet.hse.ie While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information You can make the Intranet your homepage by published in Health Matters , the Health Service Executive accepts no clicking on the special ‘Homepage’ button inviting responsibility for errors or omissions contained herein. Also note that Recruiting Competition you to do so. 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